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Psychological functioning in African American women at an increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

Clinical genetics - 1 Sept 2005

Halbert Ch, Kessler L, Collier A, Paul Wileyto E, Brewster K, Weathers B

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Despite attention to psychological issues during genetic counselling and testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer risk, limited information is available on cancer-specific distress among African American women being targeted for participation in counselling and testing. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine cancer-specific distress in African American women at an increased risk of hereditary...

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PMID: 16098010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00483.x

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